Reaction. We will always be there by your side, the words of Antony Blinken as he reaffirms americas support to israel but one precautions need to be taken to avoid harming civilians of every nationality. He said he will send defence support after meeting israels Prime Minister during a visit to tel aviv. Media has said the number of those killed since the attacks by the Palestinian Militant Group hamas has risen to 1300. Western governments have designated hamas as a terrorist organisation. 25 americans are known to have died. It comes as air strikes in gaza have continued with the Health Ministry there saying more than 1300 people have been killed. Israel says the siege on gaza would not end until hostages are released. The International Committee of the red cross has warned Hospital Generators could run out of fuel after the only Power Station in gaza run out of fuel. Antony blinken is due to meet palestinian leaders on friday where he will push diplomatic efforts to end the fightin
And on newsnight at 10 30. Well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, we take a first look at whats on tomorrows front pages. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from the Holyrood Parliament in edinburgh, at the end of a tumultuous day in Scottish Politics. Tonight, the search is under way for a new First Minister and snp leader, after humza yousaf announced he was standing downing afterjust 13 months in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain since thursday, when he ended the snps power Sharing Agreement with the scottish greens. It left him facing a Confidence Vote he was at risk of losing. Today he said hed underestimated the level of hurt and upset his decision about Power Sharing would cause. 0ur Scotland Editor james cook is with me. Did Humza Yousaf Miscalculate . Short answer is yes and spectacularly so. How so . Because if we wind back, he inherited this Power Sharing deal with the Scottish Green Part
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scenes in bray and we will return live later in the programme. we are going to turn out to a major political emergency unfolding in west africa. diplomatic efforts to find a resolution to the crisis have stepped up a gear with a warning from washington. speaking to the bbc, the us secretary of state antony blinken has voiced his concern that niger sjunta might turn to the russian mercenary group wagner for help. the group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. the coup leaders are currently standing firm against calls to restore democratic rule. here s what mr blinken had to say about wagner a little earlier: for sure we have concerns when we see something like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. and here is why we are concerned. because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. insecurity has gone up, not down. it has not